5 "Visit"
Komekitsune rushed off Jyuki and the others to a facility dedicated to the Renzan Royal Families, A large Annex from the palace Heaven's amusement park called the Sakura bud which was mostly used by the Kaou.
"Ahahaha.... oh my you've all grown up so much." Gyokuren said the moment Rokubi stepped in.
"Ahahaha.... oh my you've all grown up so much." Gyokuren said the moment Rokubi stepped in.
The reason why Gyokuren, who is usually quiet, greeted him was the same reason she had called them here, because she was becoming the first new queen of the 5 nations. So wanted to meet her fellow royals and speak with them. She took her duty seriously.
"Cousin……Komekitsune looks well. She seems to have a softer atmosphere to her then I remember her having before."
"It's been a long time since you saw her last. I'm glad your finally back safely, I hope you get great results on your current endeavours... er um..."
"If you like you can still call me by my Alias. You're in a hurry to get past this formal greeting stage too aren't you?"
"Yes... Thank you lady Gyokuren."
"Come on, Sit down, we can start things right away."
The Kaou's furniture was made out of wood like Jurai's the difference is that they didn't have trees as big so their logs for wood were rather small in comparison..
"…………"
The sofa had a table next to a small tea table which was for two people it was prepared for them at the entrance.
"Well I give up... At this rate everyone will know our secret soon anyways."
For a moment Sansui was hesitated to sit down on it with Komekitsune when Jyuki and Rokubi rushed to take both of the individual sofas leaving the two confused.
In a way it was like a confession, Komekitsune urged Sansui to sit with her on the two person sofa.
"You came
here to talk about tomorrow's battle, right?"
She was told of the situation by Hakuren. The boys seemed relieved to have been spared the awkwardness of bringing this up
"Yes, I'd enjoy it if you co-operated as much as possible, I know it's not a pleasant subject ... honestly I expected you to decline to answer...""I'll cooperate as much as i can, but the only thing your going to get out of preparation for the dual is being disappointed in advance."
"Of course you'd say that... Well we don't expect that much, but we know you're well acquainted with them."
"Yes, I am a friend of Ms.kiriko, but I don't know anything about the armored cavalry she will use tomorrow."
"are you refusing to answer?"
"No i mean I don't know anything about it because it just arrived. kiriko-sama and the others still haven't opened up the box it came in."
".....huh? But the duel is tomorrow!?"Jyuki and the others were stunned.
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"... Kiriko, is the duel tomorrow?""Yes, tomorrow. Tomorrow."
"Our recklessness sure has gotten us into a bind."
"You'd better do something about this thing in front of you. Kiriko-san."
In a special dock and a huge workshop in the back, Kiriko and the rest of them stared at a large container in front of them as if they were lethargic, but they got to work as soon as Neiju complained.
The container itself was a GP-standard container for ordinary transportation, but the seal could only be opened by Kiriko's personal data. Kiriko approached the seal panel at the bottom of the center of the container, she touched it and followed the instructions to start opening it.
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"There going into tomorrows dual without even looking at the thing!？"All Of the boys faces were puzzled rather than ecstatic. It was like trying to take a final exam without ever attending a class.
"My brother will be happy to hear that but……"
"Kiriko and the others have gotten used to these kind of troubles, and it's been guaranteed by the person who built the armored Cavalry for Kiriko-sama, that there will be no problem."
"is that washu hakubi person really as good as my sister says？I'm afraid to take their words seriously. Can they really make a decent Armored Cavalry with the technology over there?"
Sansui and the others felt uncomfortable because they had assumed Hakuren was lying.
"I'll admit that their cavalry that fought the maiden knights had plenty of power, but a dual also depends on the pilots skills, there's no point in having power if you can't land an attack.."
in the first place, the mechanical complexity of spacecraft and humanoid robots was different by orders of magnitude. it was natural for them to be skeptical about how well someone with no concept of using humanoid weapons would be able to pilot one.
"I thought you weren't poisoned by the armored cavalry cults fanaticism because you're still young and against the mainstream ways of things, but if that's how you see things...."
Karen scolded him.
"I can't help it. All the information we have on things over there is just tenuous rumors we get from those on Racepshi. "
"But you, always try to get the right information without prejudice."Karen scolded him.
"I can't help it. All the information we have on things over there is just tenuous rumors we get from those on Racepshi. "
"I understand. I'll keep it in mind."
"...... And that's washu hakubi's domain? "
"It's related, but it doesn't refer to any individual, it's the organization of a large-scale school called the Galactic Academy, an organization that combines many research facilities into one. It's a gathering of experts from all over the Galactic Federation. In addition, there's a department that consolidates the greatest among their intellectuals, those who are called true geniuses. Washu-sama is said to be their greatest member."
"Renza also has a central academy." Sansui bragged, but that was just a natural response. Hakuren acknowledged that.
"It's related, but it doesn't refer to any individual, it's the organization of a large-scale school called the Galactic Academy, an organization that combines many research facilities into one. It's a gathering of experts from all over the Galactic Federation. In addition, there's a department that consolidates the greatest among their intellectuals, those who are called true geniuses. Washu-sama is said to be their greatest member."
"Renza also has a central academy." Sansui bragged, but that was just a natural response. Hakuren acknowledged that.
"The scale is completely different, and it's not just the nobles and their teachers who gather there."
In addition to the aristocracy, Renza's Central Academy was home to an elite selected few from schools throughout Renza. Komekitsune wanted to say that it was quality that was important not quantity."Of course I'm saying that with that in mind. The department that fosters selected geniuses from among them is called the Department of Philosophy, and it's purpose is to consider the comprehensive use of technology. Things that are unique in individual technologies are often combined with other technologies to create unexpected innovations. However, it's also true that there are many things that they don't release due to self-interest, speculation, etc.
However, those who graduated from the Department of Philosophy and are recognized with special status and have the privilege of viewing all the technical information accumulated in the Galactic Academy.
Given that the Galactic Academy has top-class research facilities, the technology that is concentrated there is the greatest in the Galactic Federation."
"Certainly, when you have the ability to understand them and innovate, there's a good chance you're accumulating awesome technology. It's an ideal environment in a way."
"But can they really just build an Armored Cavalry all of a sudden? that sounds suspect to me sister."
the four boy's eyes gathered towards Hakuren all at once with a mix of interest and fear.
"In the first place, only a small part of the technology made by a philosopher ever is made public. Even the technologies used by the military is thousands of years old. Washu's innovations are all over 10,000 years old."
"But besides the military, it's possible to produce and mass-produce in the private sector, and when it comes to solving cost-effectiveness issues, some time is needed. Ten thousand years is indeed some time... how old is that person? "
"The official record confirms that she's at least 20,000 years old. It's proof that they've had advanced life-prolonging technology for quite some time."
"...... Is this person some kind of ancient dragon?"
The four boys were more than surprised.
"Just because you can't divert things for military use doesn't mean you can't put it into practical use. Philosophers are also those who judge whether the technology is good or ethically problematic. So, as with life-prolonging technology, There are many advances which aren't public because of the ethics of their personal use."
"She made the Ryo-ohki and the Kamidake didn't she? Both ships are of a fantasy level from our perspective. Miki-sama said at the trial that it had intergalactic sailing abilities and it wasn't a joke or a bluff."
"ZINV-sama seems to have been investigated by Washu, and everyone remembers what we reported seeing on Earth don't they?"
"Oh, there was that, too."
"Is Earth a planet in the Federation?"
Sansui, who was interested beginning to talk about the matter instead of furthering the conversation.
"It's Mr. Yamada's home planet. It's an early stage civilization, and it's just recreational fiction, but there were quite a few primitive video works that show giant humanoid weapons."
""Eh!?"
The four boys seemed to be most surprised by this information.
"Does it mean that Seinan Yamada originally had an idea of how to pilot an armed cavalry"
"The conclusion of the Galactic Federation was that that was the reason why seina easily adapted to using ZINV."
"It looks like it's fun."
"That's right. Over there they call them Mechas. There was also a video library in the kamidake, so Washu obviously knows about them. Of course, it's the same with Kiriko who's from the same planet."
"In other words, they understand the concept of armored cavalry combat..."
Surprisingly, this information seemed to have just clicked in the boys.
"But what are they using as a power unit? It doesn't matter if they can build one, we have the best output rates you can think of."
"Renza's first five holy machines were all third generations.They have the tree of the royal family over there and we don't. In other words, all the rest of our units are fourth generation and lower. washu-sama Built the ryo-ohki which was able to take on multiple trees of the first generation, as powerful as ZINV, so the power of whatever she makes should be considered in the godly-cavalry class."
"If it's anything like Ryo-ohki and the Kamidake, it will definitely be an all-round well made Armored Cavalry."
"It might go beyond the concept we have of Armored Cavalry, right?"
"..........."
They agreed with the girls.
"An over powered Godly Knight class, wow ... ... that's a terrifying thought."
"Then the only problem then would be the pilot. Even a high-performance Armored Cavalry, is a dud with a bad operator."
"Even if they have an auto battle feature for assisting them, there's probably not enough data on how to fight."
"Vut.. isn't there data on zinv?"
"That's from prehistoric civilization."
"On the other hand, I can grantee that if my older brother relies on auto-battle he'll lose."
Karen swatted down her brother's optimistic opinion.
"But the battle data is from every battle they've ever had to fight in Renza isn't it?"
"You guys should just listen with your heart."
Hakuren stared at her brother with serious eyes.
"The power of the pirates, which was a major obstacle to exchange between the Renza Union and the Galactic Federation, is rapidly weakening. Exchange between the two will happen in the future regardless of what happens. The problem is that Renza has almost no accurate information on the other side. That's a really horrible thing. We responded to the meeting not because we were forced to do so, but because we wanted people to know a little about the Galactic Federation."
"Do you think there's really such a large difference in power ?"
"Jurai is one of the two great powers over there... In a sense, it is our frank impression that they are the strongest military state we've seen. Their power and knowledge as I explained earlier has expanded and developed that power more than we'd ever imagined. And the presence of Seina Yamada accelerated it even more than they could've imagined."
"That's what surprised the royal family of Jurai most because their plan was estimated to take hundreds or thousands of years and it came true in a few years."
"The enormous amount of force and expenses that was being used to combat piracy, and the economic effects of eliminating the threat of pirates, are immeasurable. And above all we should be interested in the existence of Jurai in the first place."
"because of the royal trees that you talked about earlier?"
"Yes. But first of all, it's important to know about those from Jurai. The Juraians are combat driven culture of soldiers, the whole nation is adept in fighting. Moreover, that is a characteristic which becomes stronger with aristocracy and the royal family. The members of the royal family that I know are specially bioreinforced and are all martial arts masters."
"The woman who was going to be in tomorrow's duel is a member of the royal family, isn't she? No way, she's a martial arts master?!"
"Yes. I'm afraid so."Gyokuren confirmed.
"...... I'm scared."
"............"
"Ahahaha... I advise you to tell your older brothers to refrain from making any insults about Seina Yamada near kiriko. Anyone who makes such a remark will regret his carelessness. If I were them, I'd get a head start on running away from Kiriko-sama."
"Gyokuren-sama... Is it really that bad?"
"Especially when it comes to a dual she won't show any mercy if they do something like that; and in an Armored Cavalry made by Washu-sama for Kiriko-sama...... There could be a fatal accident."
(That's bad... My brother is going to have to improvise.)
It was likely they would taste the humiliation in various ways in this duel, and it was possible they could never shake off the fall out of their losing if it was really bad.
But the prevailing attitude was to look down on your opponents and to try to mentally shake them with words and actions.
"In other words, should the other party's pilot should be considered a quasi-expert class pilot..."
"No, think of her as a master class operator. It's likely her main weapon will be a spear."
"Are you sure?"
"That's not a secret or anything it's a well known quirk of the Juraians. All of the royals their own a third generation, which is equivalent to The First Five Holy Machines of Renza, or higher and they're rooted in their units and grown naturally unlike the Five Holy Machines."
"Does that mean that there are many units over there that have the power close to the highest rank here?"
"Yes. And this is important information, but the treed of the royal family have a clear will. ZINV is the same, but the first and second generation royal trees decide who will be their partners of their own volition. In other words, the royal trees and units are treated differently and the way of thinking of them is different here then it is over there."
"Then the only problem then would be the pilot. Even a high-performance Armored Cavalry, is a dud with a bad operator."
"Even if they have an auto battle feature for assisting them, there's probably not enough data on how to fight."
"Vut.. isn't there data on zinv?"
"That's from prehistoric civilization."
"On the other hand, I can grantee that if my older brother relies on auto-battle he'll lose."
Karen swatted down her brother's optimistic opinion.
"But the battle data is from every battle they've ever had to fight in Renza isn't it?"
"You guys should just listen with your heart."
Hakuren stared at her brother with serious eyes.
"The power of the pirates, which was a major obstacle to exchange between the Renza Union and the Galactic Federation, is rapidly weakening. Exchange between the two will happen in the future regardless of what happens. The problem is that Renza has almost no accurate information on the other side. That's a really horrible thing. We responded to the meeting not because we were forced to do so, but because we wanted people to know a little about the Galactic Federation."
"Do you think there's really such a large difference in power ?"
"Jurai is one of the two great powers over there... In a sense, it is our frank impression that they are the strongest military state we've seen. Their power and knowledge as I explained earlier has expanded and developed that power more than we'd ever imagined. And the presence of Seina Yamada accelerated it even more than they could've imagined."
"That's what surprised the royal family of Jurai most because their plan was estimated to take hundreds or thousands of years and it came true in a few years."
"The enormous amount of force and expenses that was being used to combat piracy, and the economic effects of eliminating the threat of pirates, are immeasurable. And above all we should be interested in the existence of Jurai in the first place."
"because of the royal trees that you talked about earlier?"
"Yes. But first of all, it's important to know about those from Jurai. The Juraians are combat driven culture of soldiers, the whole nation is adept in fighting. Moreover, that is a characteristic which becomes stronger with aristocracy and the royal family. The members of the royal family that I know are specially bioreinforced and are all martial arts masters."
"The woman who was going to be in tomorrow's duel is a member of the royal family, isn't she? No way, she's a martial arts master?!"
"Yes. I'm afraid so."Gyokuren confirmed.
"...... I'm scared."
"............"
"Ahahaha... I advise you to tell your older brothers to refrain from making any insults about Seina Yamada near kiriko. Anyone who makes such a remark will regret his carelessness. If I were them, I'd get a head start on running away from Kiriko-sama."
"Gyokuren-sama... Is it really that bad?"
"Especially when it comes to a dual she won't show any mercy if they do something like that; and in an Armored Cavalry made by Washu-sama for Kiriko-sama...... There could be a fatal accident."
(That's bad... My brother is going to have to improvise.)
It was likely they would taste the humiliation in various ways in this duel, and it was possible they could never shake off the fall out of their losing if it was really bad.
But the prevailing attitude was to look down on your opponents and to try to mentally shake them with words and actions.
"In other words, should the other party's pilot should be considered a quasi-expert class pilot..."
"No, think of her as a master class operator. It's likely her main weapon will be a spear."
"Are you sure?"
"That's not a secret or anything it's a well known quirk of the Juraians. All of the royals their own a third generation, which is equivalent to The First Five Holy Machines of Renza, or higher and they're rooted in their units and grown naturally unlike the Five Holy Machines."
"Does that mean that there are many units over there that have the power close to the highest rank here?"
"Yes. And this is important information, but the treed of the royal family have a clear will. ZINV is the same, but the first and second generation royal trees decide who will be their partners of their own volition. In other words, the royal trees and units are treated differently and the way of thinking of them is different here then it is over there."
"Even here we have an attachment to our armored cavalry ... but that means that there's
is more intimate, indeed, that's awkward."
"What do you mean?"
"It's
impossible to control a Godly Knight, which means that the act of stealing the Godly Knight from Seina Yamada is dangerous."
"The unit has a will..."
"Does it? I've never heard of such a story. But sometimes I hear something like that as gossip, but it's on the same level as a ghost story."
"Even so, there are surprisingly many Kaous who have such an impression. I believe you if you tell us, then must be so."
The boys paid their respects and left.
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"The unit has a will..."
"Does it? I've never heard of such a story. But sometimes I hear something like that as gossip, but it's on the same level as a ghost story."
"Even so, there are surprisingly many Kaous who have such an impression. I believe you if you tell us, then must be so."
The boys paid their respects and left.
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